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    What's Wrong with Ideal Heroines?
    J.J. Richardson
    • May 2
    • 4 min

    What's Wrong with Ideal Heroines?

    If everything else is idealized in fiction, why can’t women be, also?
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    Sincerity
    J.J. Richardson
    • Apr 4
    • 6 min

    Sincerity

    How can we impart knowledge, wisdom, and kindness to our relatives, friends, neighbors, and coworkers, without sincerity?
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    The Ubiquitous I
    J.J. Richardson
    • Mar 13
    • 5 min

    The Ubiquitous I

    A common problem beginning authors have when writing in first person is to overuse the word, “I.”
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    Pace
    J.J. Richardson
    • Dec 29, 2021
    • 7 min

    Pace

    To keep a steady pace, you must keep an unsteady pace.
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    All About Copyrights and Patents
    J.J. Richardson
    • Dec 19, 2021
    • 7 min

    All About Copyrights and Patents

    I have assembled this summary where all pertinent information regarding copyrights and patents is found.
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    Patient Persuasion
    J.J. Richardson
    • Dec 6, 2021
    • 5 min

    Patient Persuasion

    Central to all human interaction is persuasion.
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    Low Self-esteem
    J.J. Richardson
    • Oct 28, 2021
    • 5 min

    Low Self-esteem

    At some point most of us learn that bullies are weak people. We learn they’re not so tough once we’ve had enough and finally confront them.
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    Top-10 Paragraphs
    J.J. Richardson
    • Oct 7, 2021
    • 10 min

    Top-10 Paragraphs

    Why are there numerous sites devoted to Top-10 Movies, Top-10 Fiction Books, and Top-10 NFL players, but none for Top-10 Paragraphs?
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    Ideologue
    J.J. Richardson
    • Sep 24, 2021
    • 9 min

    Ideologue

    I long for persuasion over coercion, teaching over indoctrination, and example over cancellation.
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    Procrastination
    J.J. Richardson
    • Sep 21, 2021
    • 5 min

    Procrastination

    Rest assured, procrastination is not about laziness or lack of self-control.
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    Advice for Engaged Couples
    J.J. Richardson
    • Aug 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Advice for Engaged Couples

    Here is the most important and concise list of principles I can find for young people considering marriage.
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    Tantrum Movies
    J.J. Richardson
    • Jul 28, 2021
    • 5 min

    Tantrum Movies

    It’s a tragedy when a moviemaker causes the story’s theme to become the story itself and dominate over the plot like a pack of wolves.
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    What is a Conservative?
    J.J. Richardson
    • Jul 23, 2021
    • 14 min

    What is a Conservative?

    The modern conservative movement is in line with the liberal movement of the 1960s.
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    Stop Asking Me Questions
    J.J. Richardson
    • Jun 30, 2021
    • 4 min

    Stop Asking Me Questions

    If you ask your readers too many questions, they may end up feeling let down or even abandoned.
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    The Best Mother
    J.J. Richardson
    • Jun 20, 2021
    • 7 min

    The Best Mother

    I learned over the years that our mother was never the meanest, but the best.
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    How to Get My Characters to Act
    J.J. Richardson
    • May 31, 2021
    • 4 min

    How to Get My Characters to Act

    Few articles are written about how to get fictional characters to act. This article explains how to do it.
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    Plastic Recycling
    J.J. Richardson
    • May 16, 2021
    • 4 min

    Plastic Recycling

    It didn’t take me more than a half-hour of casual Internet research to understand why we’re not recycling plastics like we wish we could.
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    The Assumption Mark
    J.J. Richardson
    • Apr 6, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Assumption Mark

    The rules of English grammar provide us with question marks, exclamation marks, and quotation marks, but no assumption mark.
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    The Future of Storytelling
    J.J. Richardson
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Future of Storytelling

    Reciting tales has been a part of human life from the earliest discovered cave drawings until the present day.
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    Copy That
    J.J. Richardson
    • Mar 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Copy That

    In our lives do we seek to personify the attributes of the Great Creator or the Great Copier?
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    A Brief History of Science Fiction
    J.J. Richardson
    • Feb 2, 2021
    • 6 min

    A Brief History of Science Fiction

    I offer only the fun bits. Enough for you to be popular at parties, but not sufficient to pass a college course in literature.
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    How to Make Fiction Magical
    J.J. Richardson
    • Jan 5, 2021
    • 6 min

    How to Make Fiction Magical

    A story that is not relatable is of little use to anyone no matter how clearly it is written.
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    Date Your Spouse Regularly
    J.J. Richardson
    • Dec 14, 2020
    • 4 min

    Date Your Spouse Regularly

    Most of the time, your life is how you want it to be. You are the reason your life is the way it is.
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    Don't Make Me Ask Why
    J.J. Richardson
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    Don't Make Me Ask Why

    Critiquing other people’s manuscripts of fictional works is fun for me because I start off with a declaration saying, “My comments are my...
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